Three years after his announcement, the American government commissioned today construction of Gerald R Ford at Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia.
President Donald Trump helped deliver the USS Gerald R. Ford to the Norfolk Naval Station on Saturday, and said the state-of-the-art aircraft carrier would send a "100.000-ton world" message that America's military strength is finally growing.
The latest aircraft carrier to join the US fleet will cost 12,9 billions of dollars, and delays due to overheads in the cost of defense spending will take at least four more years before it can actually become part of the US fleet.
There are plenty of challenges waiting for the new aircraft carrier, as tests and lots of construction still in the middle have to be completed. 
In fact it will have to be resolved a major PDF problem (and not only) involving the launching and retrieval of aircraft, which is also the sole reason for the existence of aircraft carriers.
Gerald R Ford is one ship new generation of aircraft carriers. The first class was the Nimitz class built in 1975. Construction began in 2005 and the ship was commissioned as it is today in 2013.
The new aircraft carrier Gerald R Ford will be the most expensive warship ever built by the United States.
